Truck body



June 10, 1930.

Filed Sept. 15, 1924 v. w. CODDINGTON TRUCK BODY 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

WI/VTYLE W Canons Gra MWMvkM ATTORNEYS,

June 10, 1930. v. W.CODDINGTON 1,763,342

TRUCK BODY Filed Sept. 15, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 m lg n 45 INVENTOR.

Win me I)! 6'0D0/NGTO/V ATTORNEYS.

MMMYMM a a ented June 10, 1930 SIDE BRIDGE & STEEL OF WISCONSIN" Q i a a This invention relates to improvements in truck bodies and more particularly to the connections between the truck body and chassis of the vehicle for effecting movement of thebody withrespect to the chassis.

An object ofthe invention is to provide a truck body with improved means for coni necting the bodyto the chassis of a vehicle formovement Withrespect thereto. e b Another object is to provide an improved truck body having means for lifting the body fromj the chassis of a vehicle and then moving it Withrespect theretovtoj tilt the body e and du'mpthe load therefrom. a

y e Another object is to provide a truck body withimproved means for holding it in operative engagement: with y the chassis of a vehicle when the load therefrom. Other objects afterappear. 1

For the purpose and advantages Will hereindrawings, in which b V a Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the manner in which the truck body is moved with respect tothe chassis of a vehicle to dump. theload; b u up U Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the eon-g nections between the truck body and chassis for lifting the body from the chassis and then moving it backwardly with respect thereto; 3 is an enlarged section on line 3- 3 ofFig/l; V c

Fig.4 is a section on line 44 of Fig.2; and a {Fig 5 is a side elevation looking toward the left in'Fig.

i The frame of the Vehicle chassis may comprise channel sidemembers 1 and channel 49 end members 2.

larly constructedfrom channel members and comprise side members 3 and sultable end ff may be arranged transversely to side memhers 3 and secured thereto by any suitable means such as rivets 5 themembers 4 being sufiicient in number andproperly spaced to support the plate 5 which formsthe floor of the truck body: i a

UNIT-awe of illustrating the inven tion, anembodiment thereof is shown in the The frame of the truck body-may be silni- 3 members, not shown. Channel members 4 r OFFICE VANTYLE W; connrivoron, or NORTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T LA E- 00.,01 NORTH MILWAUKEE,WISCO1\TSIN, A CORPORATION TRUCK BODY r Application filed September15, 1924. Serial No. 737,678.

When the truck body is in position upon the chassis to carry aload, side members 3 of the body rest upon and are supported by side members 1 ofthe chassis, as shown in Figs. 1, 3and 5. When the load is to be dumpedg the truck body is lifted from engagement with the vehicle frame and then moved backwardly upon, the chassis until the body tilts, as shown indotted lines in Fig; 1, to dumpthe load. a When the load has been dumped the truck body is moved forwardly upon the chassis to its-normal position with respectthereto, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and the bodylowered again so that side members 3 thereof rest upon and arelsupported by sidemembers 1 ofthechassis frame. body tilts to dump the a e The V truck body is thereby directly supported by the chassis frame intransporting a load and the connections for moving the truck body backwardly relieved from any strain except that which occurs whena load is being dumped. The connections for lifting the body from the chassis in this manner and moving it b-ackwardly. with respect thereto in dumping the load will now be described.

a An arm 6 is pivotally supported at the forward end of each side member 3 of the truck body by any suitable means such as a bolt 7 passing through the arm and a suitable hearing 8 secured to the top flange of member 3 by bolts 9 or other suitable means. The web of side member 3 is cut away as shown'in Fig, 4 to receive aroller 10 pivotally mounted at the free end of arm 6 by any suitable means such as a bolt 11,-the roller being arand roll upon the upper ranged to engage flange 12 of side member 1 of the chassis.

A sha ft 13 is ournaled in side members3 of cam 14 provided shaft 13 for rotation lliO andadapted to effect movement of said roller to] raise one end of saidbody frame.

A truck body comprising a frame, and i means carried by said body frame and arranged to cooperate with the frame ofa vehicle chassis to raise said body frame from a the chassis frame and move the same backwardly with respect thereto, said means com "prising a member secured to each side of said body frame at the rear end thereof, said members being provided with teeth, an arm pivotally supported at each side of said body frame at the frontend thereof, and a roller carried by the free end of each of-said arms, said rollers being arranged to engage said vehicle chassis frame upon pivotal movement of said arms to lift the front end of said body therefrom. e i

4.;A truck body comprising a frame, and means carried by saidbody framea-nd ar g ranged to cooperate with the frame of a vehicle chassis to raise said body frame from the chassis frame and move the same backward- 1y with respect thereto, said means comprising a member secured to each side of said body frame at the'rear end thereof, said members being provided with teeth, an arm piv otally supported at eachside of said body frame at the front end thereof, a roller carried by the free end of each of said arms, said rollers being arranged for engagement with a said vehicle chassis frame to lift the front end of said body therefrom, and a cam carried by said body frame at each side of the front end thereof,isaid cams being adapted andarranged toeffect movementof said arms to engage said rollers With said chassis frame. 5. The combination with the frame of a vehicle chassis, and a truck body framecon- L nected for movement with respect to said chassis frame, ofmeans adapted and arranged to lift one end of said body frame from said chassis frame andto move said body frame backwardly upon saidichassis frame, said m aanscomprising a member fixed to the body I frame and extending substantially parallel 1 1} thereto for the major portion of itslength If and provided with teeth, a portionof said member being disposed at an angle with respect thereto, and a gear wheel arranged in fmesh with said teeth, said gear wheel being in full mesh with the teeth of said portion when said body frame is in engagement with and. is supportedby said chassis frame, said 1nem= her and said gear wheel being arranged for cooperation with each other to lift one end of said body frame from said chassis frame when said gear wheel is rotated out of mesh with the teeth of said portion.

6., The combination with a vehicle chassis fund a body frame supported thereby for movement with respect to the same, of a roller movably carried by said frame and arranged to permit one end of the latterto rest on said cachassis and to lift said'end only free of said chassis uponmovement of said roller with respect to said frame, said roller upon said movement thereof engaging said chassis and providing means for facilitating movement of said frame with respect to said chassis, means for effecting said movement of said roller and holding the same in operative position, and means for slightly lifting the other end of the frame and sliding the frame longitudinally.

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In Witness whereof I hereto atlix my signa- 

